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| Fact Sheet Title Fact Sheet |
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| Rock Oyster - South Africa Eastern |
| | Data Ownership | | This document provided, maintained and owned by Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) , is part of SWIOFC Stock Status Reports data collection. |
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| ident Block | ident Block | | | | Species List: | | Species Ref: en - Sand oyster |
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| ident Block Rock Oyster - South Africa Eastern
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| fao Sub Area |
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| 51.8 | Indian Ocean, West / 51.8 |
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| Aq Res | Biological Stock: No
Value: Local
Reference year: 2009 |
| Considered a management unit: An aquatic resource or fishery is
declared as [Fishery] Management Unit if it is
effectively the focus for the application of selected
management methods and measures, within the broader
framework of a management system. According to the FAO
Glossary for Responsible Fishing, "a Fishery Management
Unit (FMU) is a fishery or a portion of a fishery
identified in a Fishery Management Plan (FMP) relevant
to the FMP's management objectives." FMU's may be
organised around fisheries biological, geographic,
economic, technical, social or ecological dimensions ,
and the makeup and attribute of a fishery management
unit depends mainly on the FMP's management
objectives. |
| Jurisdictional distribution: Jurisdictional qualifier (e.g.
"shared", "shared - highly migratory") of the aquatic
resource related with its spatial distribution. |
| Environmental group: Classification of the aquatic
resource according to the environmental group (e.g.
pelagic invertebrate, or demersal fish) to which the
species belong. |
| Reference Year: The Reference Year is the last year considered in the stock assessment and/or fishery status. |
| | | | | | Aq Res State Trend Fully to Overexploited, Note that the increase in the reported catch in 2009 is due to improved data reporting. Data reporting has been poor in the preceding few years due to a change in ownership of harvesting rights (new rights were allocated in 2006). Habitat Bio Climatic Zone: Tropical. Depth Zone: Coastal - Close shore, littoral (0 m - 20 m). Vertical Dist: Demersal/Benthic. Geo Dist Geo Dist: Shared between nations Water Area Overview  | | Water Area Overview Rock Oyster - South Africa Eastern
| fao Sub Area | 51.8: Indian Ocean, West / 51.8 |
| | | | | | Water Area Overview
| Exclusive Economic Zone Areas (EEZ) | ZAF: South Africa |
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Water Area OverviewRock Oyster - South Africa Eastern Aq Res Struct Biological Stock: No Bio Assess Uncertainty: High Assess Empirical Approach Type: Expert judgement Catch trends Catches (2009): 446981 pieces, % change from preceding year: + 20 % Sources Report of the FOURTH SESSION OF THE SOUTH WEST INDIAN OCEAN FISHERIES COMMISSION. Mombasa, Kenya, 23–25 September 2009. Rapport de la QUATRIÈME SESSION DE LA COMMISSION DES PÊCHES POUR LE SUD-OUEST DE L’OCÉAN INDIEN. Mombasa, Kenya, 23-25 septembre 2009.  http://www.fao.org/docrep/014/i1396b/i1396b00.pdf |
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